Texturing, mottling, and blending tool



Jan. 20, 1931. Y T. D. HILL 1,739,627

TEXTURING, MO'I'TLING, AND BLENDING TOOLS Filed April 13, 1928 I jZ-c'af 1. 2

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ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 20, 1931 1,789,627

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE THOMAS D. HILL, OF NEW YORK, N.'Y.

TEXTURING, MOTTLING, AND BLENDING TOOL Application filed April 18, 1828. Serial No. 269,831.

This invention relates to improvements while with my tool, a novice may produce in texturing mottling, and blending tools. better, clearer and more well defined designs The primary object of the invention reand textures in less time. sides in a tool of the above kind for use in Referring to the drawing by reference interior decorating whereby one unskilled characters, the numeral designates my in the art may produce highly artistic improved tool which I term, a texturing, finishes on walls, wood trim, furniture and mottling, and blending tool whichincludes other surfaces which are intended to be a holder or stock element 11, and interaint d or t xtur d changeable dies 12 which may be detachably 10 Another object of the invention is to proconnected therewith. The holder element is vid d i hich includ a hold r eleconstructed of hard rubber or other similar ment capable of interchangeably receiving material and comprises a base 13 having an di f diff r nt designs and by which the internally screw threaded socket 14 therein. designed efl'ects may be produced in much A handle portion 15 rises from the base and 15 l tim than the re ent method whi h is grasped by the hand of an operator during now require the tedious skill of an experithe use of the tool. enced craftsman which is most, costly' Each Of the dies 12 COIIlPllSQS a head 16 Of A f th bj t f th i v ti i th hard rubber having areduced screw threaded provision of 3, tool of the above character portion 17 01 threaded I'GCQIJtlOIl in the TlI1- m which is simple in construction, strong and t rnally threaded socket 14 when the holder durable for the purposes intended, and ind 11 In sem led position. Vulx n i f manufacture canlzed or otherwise secured to the underside With th nd th bj t i i th of the head 16 is a disk or layer of soft flexinvention resides in certain novel construclble rubber 8 W h iS larger in diameter tion and combination and arrangement of than the head .lGtOQXtGIld therebeyond. The parts, the essential fe t f hi h are underface of the disk 18 is flat and contains hereinafter fully described, are particularly the P r icular design 19 in relief or emp i t d t i th d d l i d are bossed so that the outer surface faces of the illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in gn are Spaced from the flat surfaces f 0 hi h the disk 18. The possibilities of designs are Fi 1 i a tiv i f my 1 unlimited but for the sake of illustration. I provd t l i use have shown several diflerent designs or dies Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view therewhich y he interchangeably associated thr h, Y with a single holder element. Figure 3 is a perspective view of the de- In p h the P P Selects the par- 85 vice with the parts in separated condition. tlcuhn' deslgn for Produclhg the Fi 4 i a ll ti b t l i feet and screws the threaded portion 17 into showing several difierent dies capable of the Socket 14 of the handle element The being interchangeably received in a holder Surface having n coated h the f f l t ground color of paint or plastic material is Heretofore, various so-called tools such allowed y- When 1t y 1t 13 agam as natural ponges rubber ponges wads of coated another C0101, If a tWO C0101. efcloth, burlap, crumbled newspaper, excelsior, feet 13 desll'edv 'f one 00101 If rope nd u d y b h nd th lik h polychrome efi'ect 1s desired and while th1s been employed with more or less dexterity second or more coats is or are still wet the to produce much of the decorative treatoperator proceeds to press the tool against ments so much in evidence to-day in the the surface, at the same time'executing a sedecorative arts. The use of any of these ries of forward and backward, upward and o so-called tools requires the skill and servdownward wrist movements thereby sep- 1 0 ices of an expert in producing artistic efiects, arating the wet top coat or coats from the dry ground coat into the design resultant from the employment of the particular die and the particular wrist movement executed.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that I have provided a texturing, mottling, and blending tool which will be found exceptionally useful for decorators, painters, furniture finishers, and other persons whose work or desire is to produce real artistic effects on walls, Wood trim, furniture or other surface that can be painted or textured. It is immaterial with the use of this tool,

whether the decorative treatment desired is it smooth painting, mottling, blending, novelty finishing, antiquing or rough, semirough,'or very rugged texturing, as the device is equal to all occasions for producing a large range of designs and textures of exquisite beauty and charm.

While I have described what I deem to be the most desirable embodiment of my invention, it is obvious that many of the details may be varied without in any way departing from the spirit of my invention, and I therefore do not limit myself to the exact details of construction herein set forth nor to anything less than the Whole of my invention limited only by the appended claim.

What is claimed as new is 1 A device of the class described comprising a rigid holder element having an internally screw threaded socket, a die member including a rigid head provided with a reduced screw threaded portion for reception in said threaded socket, and "a flexible layer of materialcarried by said head and having an artistic design embossed thereon, said flexible material adapted for removing plastic material from a surface to provide a design on the latter.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature.

THOMAS D. HILL. 

